On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 12:53 -0700, Dave Johansen wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Allan Day <allanp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Tomasz Torcz <to...@pipebreaker.pl> wrote: > > >> You're making an argument about simplification in a thread about > > >> middle-click, but the designs for what might happen to middle-click > > >> have neither been finalised nor publicised. I think it would be better > > >> to wait until the text selection designs have been documented before > > >> we discuss it. :) > > > > > > I think ”have not been publicised” is the exact pain point of design > > > process. Wider community has no insight into design until it's > > > finished. And it's too late for a meaningful input at that point. > > > > The designs haven't been publicised because they are not sufficiently > > developed, and as such have not been documented. Once they are there > > will be opportunity for discussion. > > > > I think that that's the whole complaint about this sort of change. It's a > major change to a core functionality and it's been designed "behind closed > doors"? The complaint (or at least mine) isn't that this sort of change is > happening but that it's being done without any input from users (or in this > case in blatant disregard of the input from users, i.e. several of the > comments on this bugzilla: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665193).
Shouldn't the person proposing the change have the opportunity to develop a well-thought-out proposal? You make it seem like the posting of any such proposed design is the end of the discussion, but in reality it's a design proposal that can and will get discussed before being implemented (or not). Dan _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
